Clothespin



Sept. $8, 1923.

F. SHEPHERD CLOTHESPIN Filed July 15 1922 w re FRED SHEPHERD, E OHLEY, WEST VIRGINIA.

' CLOTHESPIN.

Application filed July 15,

" To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED SHEPHERD, a citizen of the United'States, residing in the city of Ohleyand State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful improvements in Clothespins, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. 7 r a This invention is a spring wire clothes pin, and the object is to provide a simple wire clothes pin for securing clothes to a clothes line for drying.

in the drawing:

higure 1 1s a perspective view of the pin.

Figure 2 is a side view.

Figure 3 is an'edge'view.

The invention consists of a single length of spring wire, formed into a coil spring 1 at its medial portion, the wire at each end of this coil spring being then set slightly inwardly, as shown at 2, then straightened and extended an appreciable distance, straight away, as shown at 3, then bent roundly upon itself as shown at 4, then extended back parallel to the length 3, as shown at 5, and having its final end bent inwardly near the spring 1, as shown at 6, and hooked outwardly around the shank of the length 3, as shown at 7. Thus two clothes gripping loops 8 are 1922. Serial No. 575,149.

formed and normally pressed inwardly tom gether by the action of the spring 1. The

offsets at 2 serve to cover the hooked ends '7 and present a very symmetrical pin. The. ends 7 being turned outwardly, they do not catch in the clothes which they support. The use and operation of the pin are obvious.

While 1 have herein described a certain specific method of constructing and assembling the elements of my invention, it is understood same may be varied in minor de 410 tails, not departing from the spirit of my invention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim:

A clothes pin made of a length of wire and embodying a central coil spring, insets in the wire at the ends of the spring, straight away extensions of the wire from the insets, bends in the wire at the ends of the said extensions, back extensions in the wire parallelto the straight away extensions, inward bends in the wire near the coil spring, and outwardly turned hooks in the ends of the wire engaging the shanks of the first straight away extensions. I FRED SHEPHERD.

T Vitnesses LEON BURGER, GERTRUDE BURGER. 

